PRCA Standings Shuffle: 37 Move Up in Top 15
The Super Series Finish in Fort Worth, Texas, helped ProRodeo athletes improve their positions within the Top 15 of their respective events in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.
Money earned from Houston also was added to the world standings as the Super Series Finish concluded, bumping up 37 cowboys among the Top 15.
Cowboys know it’s easier to maintain a position at the top than it is to play catch-up when trying to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Every dollar counts, and making the Top 15 in the world standings early establishes a solid base and builds a cowboy’s confidence as the summer run approaches.
Nobody knows this better than rookie bull rider Parker McCown, who jumped seven spots, from 12th to fifth, by picking up $9,750 from Houston.
McCown won the second round of Bracket 2 with a 90-point ride on Cervi Rodeo’s Rumpshaker and was the only cowboy to cover his bull in round 3 with 80 points on Cervi Rodeo’s Stolen Thunder.
The 20-year-old cowboy from Montgomery, Texas, has already won $40,259 for the 2020 season and is No. 2 in the 2020 PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings as of June 3.
Other cowboys to improve their position within the Top 15 last week include the following:
Six Spots
• Trey Benton III moved from 21st to 15th in bull riding.
Five Spots
• Shay Carroll moved from 15th to 10th in team roping heeling.
• Rusty Wright moved from 16th to 11th in saddle bronc riding.
Four Spots
• Tyson Durfey moved from 12th to eighth in tie-down roping.
Three Spots
• Tyler Waguespack moved from fifth to second in steer wrestling.
• Hunter Cure moved from 15th to 12th in steer wrestling.
• Adam Gray moved from 16th to 13th in tie-down roping.
• Jesse Pope moved from 17th to 14th in bareback riding.
• Shane Hanchey moved from 17th to 14th in tie-down roping.
• Paden Hurst moved from 18th to 15th in bareback riding.
Two Spots
• Charly Crawford moved from sixth to fourth in team roping heading.
• Wesley Thorp moved from 11th to ninth in team roping heeling.
• Lefty Holman moved from 11th to ninth in saddle bronc riding.
• Chad Masters moved from 13th to 11th in team roping heading.
• Richmond Champion moved from 14th to 12th in bareback riding.
• Tyler Pearson moved from 17th to 15th in steer wrestling.
One Spot
• Travis Graves moved from fourth to third in team roping heeling.
• Boudreaux Campbell moved from fourth to third in bull riding.
• Jamie Howlett moved from fifth to fourth in bareback riding.
• Clayton Biglow moved from sixth to fifth in bareback riding.
• Jacob Edler moved from seventh to sixth in steer wrestling.
• Timber Moore moved from seventh to sixth in tie-down roping.
• Hunter Koch moved from eighth to seventh in team roping heeling.
• Dawson Hay moved from eighth to seventh in saddle bronc riding.
• Kolten Schmidt moved from ninth to eighth in team roping heading.
• Bridger Anderson moved from 10th to ninth in steer wrestling.
• Denton Fugate moved from 10th to ninth in bull riding.
• Ty Breuer moved from 11th to 10th in bareback riding.
• Jule Hazen moved from 11th to 10th in steer wrestling.
• Clay Tryan moved from 11th to 10th in team roping heading.
• Dirk Tavenner moved from 12th to 11th in steer wrestling.
• Kyle Lockett moved from 14th to 13th in team roping heeling.
• Tegan Smith moved from 14th to 13th in saddle bronc riding.
• Tate Kirchenschlager moved from 15th to 14th in team roping heading.
• Chase Brooks moved from 15th to 14th in saddle bronc riding.
• Jeff Flenniken moved from 16th to 15th in team roping heading.
Cowboys on the bubble for a spot in the Top 15 can find themselves a few dollars short of qualifying for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. There are plenty of opportunities to win big between now and the end of the 2020 season, but it’s still noteworthy to see who is on the cusp of breaking into the Top 15.
• Lane Ivy moved from 17th in team roping heading and is $1,067 away from breaking into the Top 15.
• Ryan Motes moved from 21st in team roping heeling and is $1,292 away from breaking into the Top 15.
More changes are likely in the world standings as the first week of June features seven ProRodeo competitions.
Check back with ProRodeo.com next week to see who moved up within the Top 15 of the world standings.
Courtesy of PRCA